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Brian Fantana

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  1. I don't even understand what you mean when you say you believe in politics. Everything is politics. Nothing changes without politics. I'm honestly unsure of what you're trying to say here. I'm not trying to be argumentative, I just don't get it. You're referencing MLK here and you clearly understand his philosophy about protests: They need to be disruptive and make people uncomfortable while also being strictly non-violent. That's the ONLY way any protest is ever effective. And yet, despite this, you finish off by saying you hope that they stay within their designated spaces and are not disruptive. This is the disconnect I keep hammering on with regard to the discourse around these protests. The rules put in place with regard to when, where, and how protestors can operate are there for one reason only: To diminish the effectiveness and minimize their voice. It is never in the establishment's best interest to make protesting their actions easier.
  2. They should endorse, they know it's in their best interest, and they probably won't get a spot without it. I'm all for calling for Democrats to grow a spine, and they seem to be doing that, but they're not going to let you speak at this DNC if you're going to be perceived as negative about Kamala. Plus there's still this weird climate around any conversation regarding Israel where many otherwise progressive people are still super weirdly aggressively hostile toward anyone that's championing that cause, see a few of the recent posts in this thread.
  3. He means browns, gays, and poors.
  4. You're against borders? How progressive of you!
  5. Oh shit nevermind, this isn't a bug. I didn't realize it was a reshuffle tournament.
  6. Dug up the hand history on my hard drive, emphasized the important parts. 3c clearly dealt to me preflop and also on the river, so I guess that means it probably wasn't a UI bug. No word yet from ACR support. If any of you wants to post it on 2p2 if you have an account, feel free.
  7. You hold pretty good opinions about most things. I don't think you're a bad guy. I'm just pointing out one instance in which you went wild in one of the examples you gave about being shouted down. Also "this place" is the 2nd most active board on Surly, behind football, and has thousands of unique posters and lurkers. It has to be the most active politics boards out there (if not the most active) on a fundamentally sports-centric message board, so I'm not sure as many as you think are avoiding it.
  8. Idk about those other topics, but I member when you negged me for saying that Hamas doesn't represent Palestinians any more than Netanyahu represents Jewish people and then flipped your lid and said everyone supporting a ceasefire was a terrorist sympathizer. Could be crazy, but that's why you might have been "shouted down". Don't worry, your boy Macklemore had your back, though.
  9. Since we're airing make-believe grievances, maybe Huston wants to come out and throw his hat in the ring? @Horn75
  10. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-08-21/ty-article/.premium/netanyahus-war-goal-is-not-the-hostages-return-its-the-occupation-of-gaza/00000191-7477-d7fc-ab93-f67774cb0000
  11. I don't have an account over there, always just lurked. I did @ ACR on Twitter and emailed their support.
  12. Can you imagine how pissed off PRONG HORN is gonna be when he wakes up soon in Moscow?
  13. Yeah and if you like sunflower seeds you're a guaranteed psychopath
  14. It's not like people want Joe Biden to delete Israel from the map. Putting pressure on Bibi to act like less of a piece of shit isn't harming Israel nor will it cost Harris any votes.
  15. Forgot to add a little context. If you're wondering why that other player scooped the pot, this is PLO8, I folded preflop to a bunch of raising.
  16. Not one but TWO MAGA QBs. Unbelievable.
  17. Uh.....
  18. There's a credible report that Trump is trying to do an end-around with another world leader to hurt his opponent in the election. That's not relevant to the election? I guess not if you're a crybaby bitch.
  19. They'll take care of him next election cycle regardless. As I said in the other thread, as long as he keeps the American money flowing, he can keep himself out of the ringer. He's already likely going to prison after he gets voted out anyway.
  20. There have been mass protests and people calling for new elections over there for quite some time now. Beyond that there's little incentive for them to change anything they're doing as long as the American money spigot is still going full blast. That's the only real way to put any meaningful pressure on Bibi. As long as he can keep the money flowing he can keep his own ass out of the wood chipper. Without it, he's vulnerable. I'm confident Biden will put pressure on him, the admin can't allow Bibi to do public end-arounds like this. It just can't be allowed. No other world leader would be allowed to do stuff like this, especially not an "ally".
  21. You don't cut off Israel. You go after Netanyahu, which would be good for Israel. You do that by squeezing until he squeals. He already cried like a little bitch in front of Congress just from the mere thought of reduced military aid. He is desperate and can be controlled. Regardless of how either of us think we should respond, If this is real it absolutely cannot be allowed.
  22. You're seeing monsters under the bed that don't exist. Biden isn't going to do shit on an unconfirmed report. You're freaking out about people on a message board speculating. In my estimation, the likelihood of it being real is very high. What do you think Biden should do if it is confirmed Trump did this? What's the move that isn't "stupid and reckless"? e: grammah
  23. I mean it's not like they'll do anything if it's unconfirmed. Biden ain't reading Surly. I just suspect if it's true they already know what was said and there will be a response.
  24. Where there's smoke, there's usually fire. It's pretty well known that Bibi needs Trump to win.
  25. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/keith-ellison-dnc-speech-gaza/
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